Senior Staff Nurse (New Delhi, New Delhi, IN, 110096) presso Narayana Health

General Responsibility

• Adhere and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies.
• Adhere and comply with policies and procedure related to patient care, infection control, patient safety and accreditation standard

Care Delivery

• Demonstrate clinical competence in all aspects of patient care.
• Monitoring of patient care delivery process for the staff posted in the area.
• Verify and ensure patient care documentation are completed as per policies and standards for assigned shift.
• Ensure timely execution of all drug and non-drug order for the patients for the assigned shift.
• Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records.
• Ensure compliance with all policies and procedures for medication management especially for high alert medicines, LASA and Narcotics.
• Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patients care.
• Contribute to interdisciplinary planning and provisioning of patient care.

Collaborative Responsibility

• Communicate all necessary information to the team in timely and constructive manner.
• Ensure proper allocation and deployment of nursing staff as per the requirement to maintain patient safety and quality of care.
• Monitor clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality Improvement.
• Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and assess the impact of nursing intervention as appropriate.

Work Environment Management

• Enhance the working environment through teamwork and mutual respect for others.
• Resolve conflicts and patient care problems / issues and take decisions accordingly or in consultation with the NS whenever required.

Quality Management

• Undertake Clinical / Nursing audit whenever required.
• Follow international patient safety goals
• Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents
• Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care.

Inventory Management

• Ensure proper inventory management of their allocated Units.
• Manage all medical equipment in their respective area and inform clinical engineering team in case of any issues.

Training and Development

• Participate and contribute in scheduled in-service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS, NALS (if applicable) CNEs, conferences etc.,
• Identify training needs for the staffs in the team.
• Ensure staff working in the area attend the required clinical & non-clinical training programs.

Functional Area Responsibility

• Assessment and preparation of patients for various interventional and non-interventional procedures.
• Reassessment before and after the procedure.
• Provide high quality care to patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
• Circulate or scrub for interventional procedures like cardiac catheterizations, angioplasties etc.,
• Provide care to patients before and after procedure.
• Handle emergency situations and be acquainted with BLS , ALS and PALS.
• Be acquainted with BLS and ALS and handle emergency situations on need basis.
• Function within scope of practice and professional standards of practice.
•  Utilize appropriate risk assessment tools in order to identify actual and potential problems and implement appropriate action if required.
• Actively Participate in quality improvement projects and accreditation activities.